UMBARGER — Odessa Marie Lindemann, 86, of Umbarger died Friday, April 17, 2015, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Umbarger. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Umbarger. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Odessa was born Nov. 10, 1928, in Spanish Fort to Walter and Dora Scruggs, the ninth of eleven children. In 1939, her mother died. Three years later, her papa moved the family to the Panhandle area to be closer to the married brothers and sisters. Odessa got a job doing housework for Opal Ponds who lived north of Umbarger. When her papa decided to move the family to Harlingen, Opal offered to let Odessa work for her room and board so she could fulfill her dream of graduating from high school.
During a stop in Umbarger one cold day to buy gas, Odessa went inside the gas station to get warm. Andrew Snookey Lindemann, who worked there, fell in love with her at first sight. He asked Mrs. Ponds to arrange a date. Odessa was reluctant to go out with someone her father had not approved of. Her employer insisted that Snookey was a good man, so she went. She soon realized that he was the love of her life. Odessa graduated from Canyon High School in May 1947 and they were married August 12th of that year.
Together, they owned and operated Fisherman’s Supply, a bait house near Buffalo Lake. Always industrious, Odessa did whatever needed to be done from paying bills to cooking for hired help. She sewed many miles of seams with her Singer sewing machine creating fashions for herself and her three daughters that rivaled ready-made wear. She taught CCD classes at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. In 1967 when Buffalo Lake was closed, they shuttered Fisherman’s Supply.
To replace their bait business, they bought land in Canyon near the old high school and in 1969 rented their first lot at Chaparral Villa Mobile Home Park. In 1975, Odessa opened Linde’s Fashions. For nine years she outfitted the Canyon ladies with quality ready-to-wear fashions until she lost her lease and was forced to close in 1984, much to the dismay of her devoted clientele. Undaunted, she took up her old job helping her husband lease lots and wagging her finger at him or any of her loved ones who weren’t behaving as she thought they should. Snookey was just glad to have his “best momma” with him all day. They sold the park in 1994.
The couple loved outdoor activities, particularly fishing and hunting together. Before Snookey died in 2004, they enjoyed traveling. Their favorite trip was an Alaskan cruise. Members of Snookey’s and Odessa’s family and community often said they found the couple’s fifty-seven years of loving marriage an inspiration. Their family spent many happy hours with them at their home savoring Odessa’s delicious cooking and playing in their beautiful yard.
After her husband’s death, she wore out two Cadillacs tearing up the highway between Amarillo, Canyon and Umbarger. Her Red Hat friends and the members of Widowed Person’s Services could depend on the lady in the newest edition, a smart red Cadillac, to make them feel loved and valued. Most Friday nights she could be found at the downtown senior citizen center dancing with her special friend, Bob Thompson.
Many a problem was solved over a cup of her coffee at her table. Anyone who tasted her cinnamon rolls would never forget them. She cultivated many friendships in the area and was always willing to offer a helping hand or tell a joke. If there is a mother’s walk of fame in heaven, her name is surely inscribed there.
She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters and five brothers.
Survivors include three daughters, Susan McDivitt and husband Jamey of Amarillo, Shirley Neuser and husband Randy of Fort Worth and Sharon Day Cullins and husband James of Rockwall; a sister, Maurine Abbott of Canyon; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. All are just as stubborn as she was, which to her was an asset and not a downfall.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Foundation to benefit the patients at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106 or to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Lindemann will be available for viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, April 19, 2015)
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Umbarger. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Umbarger. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Odessa was born Nov. 10, 1928, in Spanish Fort to Walter and Dora Scruggs, the ninth of eleven children. In 1939, her mother died. Three years later, her papa moved the family to the Panhandle area to be closer to the married brothers and sisters. Odessa got a job doing housework for Opal Ponds who lived north of Umbarger. When her papa decided to move the family to Harlingen, Opal offered to let Odessa work for her room and board so she could fulfill her dream of graduating from high school.
During a stop in Umbarger one cold day to buy gas, Odessa went inside the gas station to get warm. Andrew Snookey Lindemann, who worked there, fell in love with her at first sight. He asked Mrs. Ponds to arrange a date. Odessa was reluctant to go out with someone her father had not approved of. Her employer insisted that Snookey was a good man, so she went. She soon realized that he was the love of her life. Odessa graduated from Canyon High School in May 1947 and they were married August 12th of that year.
Together, they owned and operated Fisherman’s Supply, a bait house near Buffalo Lake. Always industrious, Odessa did whatever needed to be done from paying bills to cooking for hired help. She sewed many miles of seams with her Singer sewing machine creating fashions for herself and her three daughters that rivaled ready-made wear. She taught CCD classes at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. In 1967 when Buffalo Lake was closed, they shuttered Fisherman’s Supply.
To replace their bait business, they bought land in Canyon near the old high school and in 1969 rented their first lot at Chaparral Villa Mobile Home Park. In 1975, Odessa opened Linde’s Fashions. For nine years she outfitted the Canyon ladies with quality ready-to-wear fashions until she lost her lease and was forced to close in 1984, much to the dismay of her devoted clientele. Undaunted, she took up her old job helping her husband lease lots and wagging her finger at him or any of her loved ones who weren’t behaving as she thought they should. Snookey was just glad to have his “best momma” with him all day. They sold the park in 1994.
The couple loved outdoor activities, particularly fishing and hunting together. Before Snookey died in 2004, they enjoyed traveling. Their favorite trip was an Alaskan cruise. Members of Snookey’s and Odessa’s family and community often said they found the couple’s fifty-seven years of loving marriage an inspiration. Their family spent many happy hours with them at their home savoring Odessa’s delicious cooking and playing in their beautiful yard.
After her husband’s death, she wore out two Cadillacs tearing up the highway between Amarillo, Canyon and Umbarger. Her Red Hat friends and the members of Widowed Person’s Services could depend on the lady in the newest edition, a smart red Cadillac, to make them feel loved and valued. Most Friday nights she could be found at the downtown senior citizen center dancing with her special friend, Bob Thompson.
Many a problem was solved over a cup of her coffee at her table. Anyone who tasted her cinnamon rolls would never forget them. She cultivated many friendships in the area and was always willing to offer a helping hand or tell a joke. If there is a mother’s walk of fame in heaven, her name is surely inscribed there.
She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters and five brothers.
Survivors include three daughters, Susan McDivitt and husband Jamey of Amarillo, Shirley Neuser and husband Randy of Fort Worth and Sharon Day Cullins and husband James of Rockwall; a sister, Maurine Abbott of Canyon; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. All are just as stubborn as she was, which to her was an asset and not a downfall.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Foundation to benefit the patients at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106 or to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Lindemann will be available for viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, April 19, 2015)
UMBARGER — Odessa Marie Lindemann, 86, of Umbarger died Friday, April 17, 2015, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Umbarger. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Umbarger. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Odessa was born Nov. 10, 1928, in Spanish Fort to Walter and Dora Scruggs, the ninth of eleven children. In 1939, her mother died. Three years later, her papa moved the family to the Panhandle area to be closer to the married brothers and sisters. Odessa got a job doing housework for Opal Ponds who lived north of Umbarger. When her papa decided to move the family to Harlingen, Opal offered to let Odessa work for her room and board so she could fulfill her dream of graduating from high school.
During a stop in Umbarger one cold day to buy gas, Odessa went inside the gas station to get warm. Andrew Snookey Lindemann, who worked there, fell in love with her at first sight. He asked Mrs. Ponds to arrange a date. Odessa was reluctant to go out with someone her father had not approved of. Her employer insisted that Snookey was a good man, so she went. She soon realized that he was the love of her life. Odessa graduated from Canyon High School in May 1947 and they were married August 12th of that year.
Together, they owned and operated Fisherman’s Supply, a bait house near Buffalo Lake. Always industrious, Odessa did whatever needed to be done from paying bills to cooking for hired help. She sewed many miles of seams with her Singer sewing machine creating fashions for herself and her three daughters that rivaled ready-made wear. She taught CCD classes at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. In 1967 when Buffalo Lake was closed, they shuttered Fisherman’s Supply.
To replace their bait business, they bought land in Canyon near the old high school and in 1969 rented their first lot at Chaparral Villa Mobile Home Park. In 1975, Odessa opened Linde’s Fashions. For nine years she outfitted the Canyon ladies with quality ready-to-wear fashions until she lost her lease and was forced to close in 1984, much to the dismay of her devoted clientele. Undaunted, she took up her old job helping her husband lease lots and wagging her finger at him or any of her loved ones who weren’t behaving as she thought they should. Snookey was just glad to have his “best momma” with him all day. They sold the park in 1994.
The couple loved outdoor activities, particularly fishing and hunting together. Before Snookey died in 2004, they enjoyed traveling. Their favorite trip was an Alaskan cruise. Members of Snookey’s and Odessa’s family and community often said they found the couple’s fifty-seven years of loving marriage an inspiration. Their family spent many happy hours with them at their home savoring Odessa’s delicious cooking and playing in their beautiful yard.
After her husband’s death, she wore out two Cadillacs tearing up the highway between Amarillo, Canyon and Umbarger. Her Red Hat friends and the members of Widowed Person’s Services could depend on the lady in the newest edition, a smart red Cadillac, to make them feel loved and valued. Most Friday nights she could be found at the downtown senior citizen center dancing with her special friend, Bob Thompson.
Many a problem was solved over a cup of her coffee at her table. Anyone who tasted her cinnamon rolls would never forget them. She cultivated many friendships in the area and was always willing to offer a helping hand or tell a joke. If there is a mother’s walk of fame in heaven, her name is surely inscribed there.
She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters and five brothers.
Survivors include three daughters, Susan McDivitt and husband Jamey of Amarillo, Shirley Neuser and husband Randy of Fort Worth and Sharon Day Cullins and husband James of Rockwall; a sister, Maurine Abbott of Canyon; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. All are just as stubborn as she was, which to her was an asset and not a downfall.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Foundation to benefit the patients at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106 or to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Lindemann will be available for viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, April 19, 2015)
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Umbarger. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Umbarger. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Odessa was born Nov. 10, 1928, in Spanish Fort to Walter and Dora Scruggs, the ninth of eleven children. In 1939, her mother died. Three years later, her papa moved the family to the Panhandle area to be closer to the married brothers and sisters. Odessa got a job doing housework for Opal Ponds who lived north of Umbarger. When her papa decided to move the family to Harlingen, Opal offered to let Odessa work for her room and board so she could fulfill her dream of graduating from high school.
During a stop in Umbarger one cold day to buy gas, Odessa went inside the gas station to get warm. Andrew Snookey Lindemann, who worked there, fell in love with her at first sight. He asked Mrs. Ponds to arrange a date. Odessa was reluctant to go out with someone her father had not approved of. Her employer insisted that Snookey was a good man, so she went. She soon realized that he was the love of her life. Odessa graduated from Canyon High School in May 1947 and they were married August 12th of that year.
Together, they owned and operated Fisherman’s Supply, a bait house near Buffalo Lake. Always industrious, Odessa did whatever needed to be done from paying bills to cooking for hired help. She sewed many miles of seams with her Singer sewing machine creating fashions for herself and her three daughters that rivaled ready-made wear. She taught CCD classes at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. In 1967 when Buffalo Lake was closed, they shuttered Fisherman’s Supply.
To replace their bait business, they bought land in Canyon near the old high school and in 1969 rented their first lot at Chaparral Villa Mobile Home Park. In 1975, Odessa opened Linde’s Fashions. For nine years she outfitted the Canyon ladies with quality ready-to-wear fashions until she lost her lease and was forced to close in 1984, much to the dismay of her devoted clientele. Undaunted, she took up her old job helping her husband lease lots and wagging her finger at him or any of her loved ones who weren’t behaving as she thought they should. Snookey was just glad to have his “best momma” with him all day. They sold the park in 1994.
The couple loved outdoor activities, particularly fishing and hunting together. Before Snookey died in 2004, they enjoyed traveling. Their favorite trip was an Alaskan cruise. Members of Snookey’s and Odessa’s family and community often said they found the couple’s fifty-seven years of loving marriage an inspiration. Their family spent many happy hours with them at their home savoring Odessa’s delicious cooking and playing in their beautiful yard.
After her husband’s death, she wore out two Cadillacs tearing up the highway between Amarillo, Canyon and Umbarger. Her Red Hat friends and the members of Widowed Person’s Services could depend on the lady in the newest edition, a smart red Cadillac, to make them feel loved and valued. Most Friday nights she could be found at the downtown senior citizen center dancing with her special friend, Bob Thompson.
Many a problem was solved over a cup of her coffee at her table. Anyone who tasted her cinnamon rolls would never forget them. She cultivated many friendships in the area and was always willing to offer a helping hand or tell a joke. If there is a mother’s walk of fame in heaven, her name is surely inscribed there.
She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters and five brothers.
Survivors include three daughters, Susan McDivitt and husband Jamey of Amarillo, Shirley Neuser and husband Randy of Fort Worth and Sharon Day Cullins and husband James of Rockwall; a sister, Maurine Abbott of Canyon; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. All are just as stubborn as she was, which to her was an asset and not a downfall.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Foundation to benefit the patients at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106 or to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Lindemann will be available for viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, April 19, 2015)
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